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diff --git a/security/crank/pkg-descr b/security/crank/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6c60d4e79010 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/crank/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Crank is short for "CRyptANalysis toolKit", and its overall purpose is to +provide a powerful and extensible environment for solving classical +(pen-and-paper) ciphers, providing as much automation as possible. Classical +ciphers include common schemes like monoalphabetic substitutions, where each +letter of the alphabet is mapped to another (usually different) letter +consistently through the text. The first version of Crank is restricting +itself to these special ciphers. Other algorithms forever devoid of Crank's +attentions include Enigma, RSA, DES, MurkelFish, or anything else invented +after 1900. They're hard(er). + +WWW: http://crank.sourceforge.net/ |